Collapsible and suspensible baby-chair.



T. W. GLEARY. GOLLAPSIBLE AND SUSPENSIBLE BABY CHAIR.

APPLIOATIOE FILED APE.13, 190a.

@fiQfiSQ Miami)! Aug. 14), 1909.

V/ITNESSES: INVENTOR, 57/ 4% (-1011. By 6/, 45%;

ATTORNEY.

.THOMAS W. CLEARY, OF SAN MATEO, CAL IFORNIA.

OOLLAPSIBLE AND SUSPENSIBLE BABY-CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

Application filed April 13, 1908. Serial No. 426,727.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known: that I, THOMAS W. CLEARY, a citizen of the United States,residing at San Mateo, in the county of San Mateo and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Collapsible andSuspensi-' ble Baby-Chairs, of which the following is a specification. l

The object of the present invention is to rovide a baby chair which canbe suspended 10 I fiom a hook or other suitable support against a wall,or wherever convenient; which can be folded up so as to occupy but smalls ace,

when not in use; and which can be ma e at a very low cost.

. A further object of the invention is to pro-- vide a chair constructedto retain a child therein securely and without any danger of its fallingout or escap n In the accompanyin firawing, Figure 1 1s a perspectiveview 0 the chair, ex anded and in position for use; Fig. 2 is a si eview I of the same, collapsed.

Referring1 to the drawing,;1 indicates a back, into t e upper end ofwhich is screwed a screw eye or loop 2, having its aperture transverseto the p ane of the back,so that the chair may be suspended from a hook3 projecting from a wa 1. Upon the rear side of said back is secured atransverse'bar or cleat 4 extending laterally beyond the back and havingrubber abutment blocks 5, adapted to rest a ainst the wall or othersupport, thereby inc ining the back. ofthecha1r at a slight angle to thewall, so that the weight of t e chi d, seated in the chair, serves tosteady the same against the wall.

6 indicates the seat, which is hinged, as shown at 7, to the front sideof the back, so that it can either extend from said back at ri htangles, in which case the lower edge 8 o the back of the. seat, abuttingagainst the front side of the back, maintains the seat 'firmly in saidextendedposition, or can be".

folded u a ainst said ack, as shown in Fig. 2. he ront edge of the seatis formed to accommodate the legs of the child. '10 indicates a curvedguard rail, preferablyof wood pivoted on a long pin or bolt Il -passedthro h the back 1, a nut 12 being screwed upon .t e end of said bolt.This guardrail cantherefore be swung upon said pin as a pivot. The uardrail and seat are attached together at the front by means of a Woodenbar 13, which is pivotally connected both to the seat and to the guardrail, whereby, when either of these parts is swung upward or inward, tocollapse the chair, the other part moves in the same manner, so that theentire chair can be collapsed with one movement.

The central bar 13, especially in conjunction with the curved recesses9, constitutes an important feature of the invention. In this respectthe invention differs from prior forms of childrens chairs, in which theguard rail is supported at the front upon two posts, con-.

nected respectively with the front corners of the seat. The latter.construction permits of the child escaping, or falling out, by slidingthrough the open space between the front edge of the seat at the bottom,the front ed e of the guard rail at the top, and the two-si e posts.With the present construction this is impossible, on account of thecentral bar 13, an the security afforded by this bar is also greatlyincreased bythe curved recesses 9,

which confine the legs of the child to their proper position on theseat, and prevent any excessive side motion thereon. I claim:--

A chair comprising a back, to the top of whichis secured a loop havinits aperture transverse to the plane of said ack whereby the same may besuspended upon a hook or nail projecting from a wall, means forprojecting the lower portion of the back from a wall to which it is sosus ended, a seat hinged to the front side of the ack, permitting saidseat to fold up against said front side and to rest extended at ri htangles to said back, a guard rail pivote at its ends to the marginalportions of said back at a sultable eight above the seat, and a verticalrigid bar pivotall connected both at the to to the center 0 the guardrail, and at the ottom to the center of the front edge of the seat,substantially as-described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses. 4

THOMAS W. CLEARY.

Witnesses:

F. M. Wmen'r', 'D..B. RICHARDS.

